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Brotherton Collection5
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satire, english5
english poetry5
sabbatarians1
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hymns, english1
dissenters, religious1

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Tutchin, John (1661?-1707)1
Tutchin, John1
Dennis, John (1657-1734)1
Agnew, Andrew1
Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)1

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Sir Andrew Agnew, two satirical poems and a hymn

Agnew, Andrew

c.1830-1840?

Comprises: (1) 2 satirical poems, the first entitled 'To Saint Andrew Agnew' and signed by 'Ewe', the second entitled 'The "Monstre" Saint' and signed by 'Beta'; (2) A hymn, 'by Saint Andrew Agnew!' a...

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The verse satire

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

1969

bibl p116.

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The reverse: or, the tables turn'd : A poem written in answer, paragraph by paragraph, to a late scurrilous and malicious medly of rhimes called The foreigners

Dennis, John (1657-1734); Tutchin, John (1661?-1707)

1700

Includes the text of John Tutchin's 'The foreigners', an attack on William III, in alternate paragraphs. P.3 is misnumbered 8. Anonymous. By John Dennis.

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BC MS Lt q 41, f.1r: The opening of
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Satirical poem to James II occasioned by the Declaration of Indulgence.

c.1687-1688

Comprises a satirical poem on the Declaration of Indulgence, in which poets express their thanks and urge all other loyal subjects to fall in with the King's wishes. For variant manuscript versions se...

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BC MS Lt 55, f. 4r: The opening of John Ayloffe's (?) poem
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Miscellany of satirical poetry and prose

1670s

Miscellany mainly of satirical English poems and prose pieces, 1670s. Poems occupy ff.4r-12v, 19r-26v, 30r-33r, 35r-49r. Satirical prose pieces on political and religious themes appear on ff.12v-19r, ...

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